#Euphoria trouble don t last always series

And whilst the idea of a conversation about addiction between two characters for 45-minutes may not sound all that exciting, I found it to be fully engaging and I was hooked from the moment Rue stumbled into their booth, clearly high. With all of that removed, the show had room to breathe and explore the disease of addiction and mental health in general in a measured, deliberate way. At its heart, Euphoria is a show that seeks to enlighten audiences on the struggles of today’s youth and invites us to feel something as per the show’s tagline, but in the first season I felt that sometimes that message got drowned out by everything else happening around it-the sometimes overwhelming aesthetics, the multiple narratives the show tries to balance at once, the shock-value esque imagery. There was no flashy cinematography and make-up to hide behind, and even the soundtrack was used sparingly, though it still remained an integral part of the story the way it was in the first season with the episode being closed off by a heart-breaking rendition of ‘Ave Maria’ from the show’s composer Labrinth.

Without the lavish aesthetics of the show, the result was an episode that was stripped down to its very core and it didn’t buckle under the pressure of being laid bare. It was certainly a risky change of pace for the show which is usually so relentless with jaw-dropping camera work and a music video-esque editing style where they employ quick cuts from scene to scene, but the end result paid off.

Enter ‘Trouble Don’t Last Always’, the first of two bridge episodes which apart from a fantasy sequence imagined by Rue of her and Jules’ life together in the city (which in itself only involved two people in a small studio apartment) takes place entirely in and around a single diner and is primarily focused on a conversation between Rue and her Narcotics Anonymous sponsor Ali (played by the indomitable Colman Domingo). and the world alike, Levinson was forced to adapt how they shot the show, which usually involves hundreds of locations and extras, and trim it down to the bare necessities for the sake of health and safety. In the wake of the global pandemic, the show’s creator, writer, director and all-around mastermind Sam Levinson, decided to shoot a couple of “bridge” episodes to tide audiences over until it is safe for production of season 2 to resume, whenever that will be. Unfortunately, Miss ‘Rona (or as some would call it, “COVID-19”) had other plans and halted production of the show a mere few days before they were due to start shooting the second season.

Thus cast & crew, and audiences alike, were itching to dive back into the fantastical world of ‘Euphoria’ with a new season that was due to start shooting in March of this year.

#Euphoria trouble don t last always series

The show has even garnered praise within the industry, with the first season earning numerous awards including a historic Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy for the show’s lead Zendaya (legally known as Emmy Winner Zendaya). With its distinct aesthetic style of sprawling camera work, quick-cut editing and “Euphoria makeup” it’s managed to become such a phenomenon that makeup looks inspired by the show were seen on runways across the globe during fashion shows in 2019, and every teen show that’s come after it gets compared to it whether there are similarities or not. It would be a huge understatement to say HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ has become something of a cultural phenomenon following its first season last year.